Daily GK 31 Oct. 2020

 Daily GK 31 Oct. 2020

1. THREE NEW UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVES

•      International Coordinating Council (ICC) of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme included Panna Biosphere Reserve (Madhya Pradesh) in India, Fuvahmulah Biosphere Reserve (Maldives) and Addu Atoll Biosphere Reserve (Maldives) to UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

 

2. KABARTAL WETLAND DESIGNATED AS RAMSAR SITE

•      Ramsar Convention declared Kabartal Wetland also known as Kanwar Jheel in Begusarai, Bihar as a site of international importance. Kabartal Wetland has been included in the ‘List of Wetlands of International Importance’ established by Article 2.1 of the convention.

•      After designating Asan Conservation Reserve(ACR), Dehradun, Uttarakhand and Kabartal Wetland, Begusarai, Bihar, as Ramsar sites, the total number of Ramsar Sites in India is 39, the highest in South Asia.

 

3. 2020 INDIA ENERGY FORUM

•      PM Narendra Modi Inaugurated the 4th Edition of India Energy Forum by CERAWeek (Cambridge Energy Research Associates).

•      CERAWeek is a global platform to understand best-practices, discuss reforms, and inform strategies for accelerating investments into Indian Oil and Gas value chain.

•      The Theme of 2020 edition is “India’s Energy Future in a world of Change”.

•      This is the fifth such event organized by NITI Aayog and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

 

4. WORLD’S FIRST SCIENTOON BOOK “BYE BYE CORONA”

•      Anandiben Patel, Governor of Uttar Pradesh(UP) released the world’s first scientoon book titled “Bye Bye Corona” at an event organised at Raj Bhawan, Lucknow.

•      The book was authored by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, Scientoonist and former Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-CDRI (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – Central Drug Research Institute) and published by Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous agency under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.

 

5. TN GOVERNOR GIVES ASSENT TO 7.5% NEET QUOTA BILL

•      Tamil Nadu (TN) Governor Banwarilal Purohit gave his Assent to “Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy on Preferential Basis to Students of Government Schools Bill 2020”.

•      It provides 7.5% reservation to students of state government schools who have cleared the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance (NEET) Test in admission to medical courses.